The AMD display driver and the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center / AMD
Vision™ Engine Control Center can be downloaded independently of each other.
However, for better stability and performance AMD recommends that both
components be updated from the same AMD Catalyst™ release.

The AMD Catalyst™ Control Center / AMD Vision™ Engine Control Center
requires that the Microsoft® .NET Framework SP1 be installed for Windows XP
and Windows Vista. Without .NET SP1 installed, the AMD Catalyst™ Control
Center / AMD Vision™ Engine Control Center will not launch properly and the
user will see an error message.

Notes:

When installing the AMD Catalyst™ driver for Windows operating system,
the user must be logged on as Administrator or have Administrator rights to
complete the installation of the AMD Catalyst™ driver.

The Catalyst driver requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.

AMD Eyefinity™ technology gives gamers access to high display
resolutions. As pixel count grows, the graphics horsepower required to drive
the displays at a reasonable frame rate can increase dramatically. Depending
on the game and system configuration, users may notice texture corruption
and reduced frame rates when running games in multi-monitor Eyefinity modes.

Windows Driver Model (WDM) drivers are no longer bundled in the AMD
Catalyst™ software suite. The WDM drivers install bundle can be downloaded
independently through the AMD website

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 11.12 Windows release includes:

Improvements

AMD OpenGL 4.2 production support

AMD Catalyst 11.12 delivers official support for the OpenGL 4.2
specification

AMD Eyefinity technology enhancements

Enables support for AMD HD3D technology when using a 3x1 Landscape
Eyefinity display group, on supported DisplayPort 3D monitors.

AMD Vision Engine Control Center enhancements for Dual Graphics

Improvements have been implemented to better facilitate the enabling
and control of the Dual Graphics within the Vision Engine Control Center

AMD Product Compatibility:

AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility

AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 4890 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6600 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 X2 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6550D Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6530D Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 4700 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6500 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 4670 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6410D Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 4650 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6370D Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6500 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6310D Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 4600 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6300 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 4550 Series

AMD Radeon™ HD 6200 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 4350 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 5900 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 5500 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 5400 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 Series

AMD FireStream Product Families

AMD FireStream™ 9350

AMD FireStream™ 9250

AMD FireStream™ 9270

AMD FireStream™ 9170

AMD Chipset Product Families

ATI Radeon™ HD 4290

ATI Radeon™ 3200 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 4250

ATI Radeon™ 3100 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 4200 Series

ATI Radeon™ 3000 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 Series

AMD Mobility Product Family Compatibility

Catalyst™ Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with
limited support for system vendor specific features. When used with
Windows Vista or Windows 7, users may have unwanted experiences.

The Installation Verification Software will prevent driver download
on certain notebook products. This is to protect against the installing
of drivers that may disable features or functionality provided by the
system manufacturer. If unwanted experiences occur while using Catalyst™
Mobility, it is recommended to revert back to the driver provided by
your system vendor for your specific platform. Please contact your
system vendor for the most recent drivers for your notebook.

AMD Mobility Product Families

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 6900M Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 6380G Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 6800M Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 6310G Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 6300M Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 6250G Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 6300 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4200 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 6200 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4100 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5800 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3800 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5700 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3600 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5600 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3400 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5400 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3200 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5100 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3100 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4800 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2700 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4600 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2600 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4500 Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2400 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 6620G Series

ATI PowerXpress™ enabled notebooks using AMD Chipset

ATI Radeon™ HD 6520G Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 6480G Series

Compatible Operating Systems:

Windows 7 32-bit version

Windows 7 64-bit version

Windows Vista 32-bit version

Windows Vista 64-bit version

Windows XP Professional

Windows XP Home Edition

Windows XP Media Center Edition

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Resolved Issues:

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System:

All required PAL formats are now correctly listed in the Vision
Control Center on the HDTV support page.

Playing Dirt2, Dirt3 and Portal2 in DirectX 9 mode no longer causes
a random system hang.

Portal 2 no longer displays random screen tearing when run in
DirectX 9.

Total War Shogun 2 no longer displays random corruption when played
at low in game settings and 2x1 and 3x1 Eyefinity modes.

Playing Lost Planet 2 in Eyefinity mode and Crossfire enable no
longer randomly crashes.

Portal 2 will no longer randomly crash when the GPU is switched to
Low Power mode.

Running Stalker Clear Sky in DirectX 10 mode in a Tri-Crossfire
configuration no longer randomly hangs when in-game settings are set to
high.

Tom Clancy Endwar no longer randomly hangs with a pinstripe display.

Playing Enemy Territory Quake Wars no longer generates a random
system hang.

Graphics corruption is no longer randomly exhibited while playing
video clips using Windows Media Center.